Boros is a color combination driven straight and fast towards the Aggro strategy, and sometimes that means driving itself over a cliff. Anax and Cymede would have you fall off that cliff, and enchantments are here to save the day. Some of these enchantments will help you complete your goal of eliminating your opponents quickly--such as Ethereal Armor, Spirit Mantle, and Madcap Skills--oh, Madcap away my friends!--while others stick around after the second, third, or more wraths.

But Anax and Cymede has more tricks. When Voltron executions aren't possible, you can go wide with tokens. Monastery Mentor, Goblinslide, Archon of Sun's Grace, and Sigil of the Empty Throne all work very well with this enchantment theme. This ability of Anax and Cymede to very quickly drop one strategy in order to pick up another, sometimes dancing gracefully between one and the other, can be difficult for other casual EDH decks to handle. Boros is often considered one of the weakest color combinations in the format, but this combination has allowed me to take down four opponents in one game.

There are some enchantments missing from this build I intend to include in time. Flickering Ward and Mark of Fury are repeatable enchantments I haven't obtained for this build, and from seeing them included in other Anax and Cymede decks I know them to be very good. This is just one example though.

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This deck has been sorely in need for some updating to include some of the wonderful cards which have come out lately. While the deck didn't need an update--it still performs pretty well outside of competitive decks--I'm anxious to see what some other cards can do. I've put in a couple better lands, but also decreased the land count by one (probably means I'll now be constantly mana-screwed for no reason). Several of the new cards are improvements on current token generators, and I'm adding in a new one. I'll also be trying out a possible new card draw engine.

Goblin Rabblemaster-->Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin..... Ajani's Chosen-->Archon of Sun's Grace..... First Response-->Loyal Apprentice..... Mastery of the Unseen-->Furious Rise..... Terramorphic Expanse-->Command Tower..... Slayers' Stronghold-->Castle Ardenvale..... 2x Mountain-->Clifftop Retreat, All That Glitters.....

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 4 years
Exclude colors UBG
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

5 - 0 Mythic Rares

31 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

15 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.70
Tokens Angel 4/4 W, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Monk 1/1 W, Pegasus 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 RW, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Warrior 1/1 W
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